OK, it's been a few years since I did S390, but this looks like it's confused for 31/32 bit mode (happened to trip over it while digging up info for another posting) --- linux-2.6.0-test10/arch/s390/Kconfig.dist 2003-11-25 22:35:09.247637990 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.0-test10/arch/s390/Kconfig 2003-11-25 22:35:20.298903222 -0500 @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ default y config BINFMT_ELF32 - tristate "Kernel support for 31 bit ELF binaries" + tristate "Kernel support for 32 bit ELF binaries" depends on S390_SUPPORT help This allows you to run 32-bit Linux/ELF binaries on your zSeries